An Unnatural Order: The Roots of Our Destruction of NatureLantern Books, 2004 - 319 من الصفحات First published by Simon & Schuster in 1993 and then by Continuum in 1998, Jim Mason's An Unnatural Order has become a classic. Now in a new Lantern edition, the book explores, from an anthropological, sociocultural, and holistic perspective, how and why we have cut ourselves off from other animals and the natural world, and the toll this has taken on our consciousness, our ability to steward nature wisely, and the will to control our own tendencies. Jim Mason writes: "My own view is that the primal worldview, updated by a scientific understanding of the living world, offers the best hope for a human spirituality. Life on earth is the miracle, the sacred. The dynamic living world is the creator, the First Being, the sustainer, and the final resting place for all living beings--humans included. We humans evolved with other living beings; their lives informed our lives. They provided models for our existence; they shaped our minds and culture. With dominionism out of the way, we could enjoy a deep sense of kinship with the other animals, which would give us a deep sense of belonging to our living world. "Then, once again, we could feel for this world. We could feel included in the awesome family of living beings. We could feel our continuum with the living world. We could, once again, feel a genuine sense of the sacred in the world." |
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... mind and culture ; they have given us the means of under- standing the cosmos . When seen as kin , as they once were , animals gave us a crucial bond and a sense of belonging to the living world . Currently , however , the animal part ...
... mind and culture , animals are the most important part of nature . Finally , there is still time to put things right , but not much time . If we do not come to terms with nature soon , the mess will get much worse and will be much ...
... mind . The term Dust Bowl originated there , at Guymon , in an Associated Press story about the era's most spectacular dust storm — the " black blizzard " of April 14 , 1935. So - called because thick dust clouds blackened out the sky ...
... mind and culture . For nearly 10,000 years people of the West have farmed — that is , manipulated nature for human benefit . Ponder for a moment this long human experience and how deeply it influences our thinking and culture . This is ...
... mind - set of a society — one that is common to political leaders , artists , philosophers , and all of the other culture - makers who shape and lend direction to human living ? Genesis : The West's Creation Myth In his book The ...
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Before Agriculture A World Alive and Ensouled | 50 |
Animals The Most Moving Things in the World | 91 |
Agriculture A New Relationship with Nature a New World Order for Living Beings | 118 |
Misothery and the Reduction of Animals and Nature | 158 |
Misogyny and the Reduction of Women and Female Power | 186 |
Racism and Colonialism Dominating Lands and Others | 210 |
Rituals of Dominionism Then and Now | 242 |
Beyond Dominionism | 269 |
References | 299 |
Index | 310 |